Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

This website works with experts to share education, advocacy, and patient safety for medical staff services. View the tabs for the many resources available @ NAMSS.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a national health organization that works to improve mentally ill patients' lives. Knowledge is available on support, education, advocacy, and news.

NDNQI is a national database that measures nursing quality. This forum provides nursing indicators related to structure, process, and outcomes and core measures and hospital, compare data.

The Leapfrog Group reports data and ratings publicly to improve patient safety quality and transparency. These programs include hospitals and ambulatory surgery surveys, safety grade, and value-based purchasing programs. View the website for current news.

JHU is a teaching and research university that shares knowledge and discoveries to improve healthcare for all. Visit their network to explore the resources of the programs available.

The Internal Association or Healthcare Security and Safety provide resources, training, and events to manage and direct healthcare facilities' safety and security programs. Visit their home page for these guidelines.

This collection of tools provides descriptions of what antibiotic stewardship means and how to develop an effective program. Information is also provided on how antibiotic stewardship can be incorporated into performance improvement initiatives to improve patient outcomes and reimbursement.

Mental Health Resources inform patients, families and healthcare providers of accessible services related to mental health disorders, addictive disorders and substance abuse. Those listed below consist of national hotlines, self-assessments, advocacy services and regulatory authority.

Measurement of data is helpful in improving processes within an organization. These tools are helpful in providing some direction with the types of data that can be compiled and used for performance improvement with antibiotic usage.

It may be difficult for some staff members to understand their role in antibiotic stewardship. These resources can be used to educate staff members on how they can promote antibiotic stewardship through vigilence and patient education.

A job description is a tool that describes, in plain language, the functions and responsibilities of a position. A great leadership idea for reinforcing a commitment to antibiotic stewardship is to add language into the job descriptions incorporating these responsibilities into activities for certain positions. These are a few good examples of language to use in job descriptions to support antibiotic stewardship as a priority at the facility.

Below is a collection of sample policies and procedures that facility administrators may use to effectively implement the Antibiotic Stewardship Program within their clinic or hospital.